# Leapin' lizards! Leapiest of Years! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297 "2024-03-01T00:52:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/1 "2024-03-01T00:52:47Z")
I have a weird feeling about Leap year. One more day to live, Yay! Or, One more day to live. Not sure how I feel about it. At all. But, I feel feisty today. So there’s that. Happy Leap Year, y’all. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/2 "2024-03-01T01:37:03Z")
It interrupts my plodding through the days of the week. Left-right-left-right-right-left-dammit-left-right… ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/3 "2024-03-01T02:33:01Z")
You wonder about New Zealand: > **[Self-pay gas station pumps break across NZ as software can’t handle Leap Day](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/leap-year-glitch-broke-self-pay-pumps-across-new-zealand-for-over-10-hours/)** > > "We'll add it to our Outlook reminders..." ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/4 "2024-03-01T02:36:56Z")
And they had 4 years to prepare. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/5 "2024-03-01T02:47:31Z")
What did they do before the Gregorian calendar was invented in **1582**? Without a leap day every four years the seasons would move a little each year. How did the Romans and Greeks deal with that? ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/6 "2024-03-01T02:49:58Z")
I alway put in for leap day off, I’m not going to work on an extra day. Should be a federal holiday. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/7 "2024-03-01T02:51:56Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > You wonder about New Zealand: Hey, I was able to fill up at a self-pay gas pump today. But then, I’m not in New Zealand. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/8 "2024-03-01T03:49:41Z")
Here is some info. I didn’t read it yet. > **[Fun facts about Leap Day and where we'd be without it](https://www.wyff4.com/article/fun-facts-about-leap-day-and-where-wed-be-without-it/60024437)** > > Without Leap Days, our seasons would have quite different weather ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/9 "2024-03-01T03:53:38Z")
I was due on February 29th, but I solved that problem by hanging in there for another week. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/10 "2024-03-01T13:37:39Z")
Thanks. That explains it. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/11 "2024-03-01T17:57:47Z")
You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/12 "2024-03-02T18:35:27Z")
It’s what you get when you contract out creating the universe to the lowest bidder. They didn’t take the trouble to synchronize the orbital and rotation periods properly… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/13 "2024-03-02T18:45:17Z")
Leap Day is proof that God is Math. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/14 "2024-03-02T18:47:41Z")
Sweet strawberries are easily had. If not you can fake out ripeness if you know how. I know how. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/15 "2024-03-02T18:53:41Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Leap Day is proof that God is Math. Nature and nature’s laws lay hid in night, God said, ``Let Newton be,‘’ and all was light. It did not last; the devil howling ``Ho! Let Einstein be!‘’ restored the status quo. Though perhaps the Devil’s contribution should really be Heisenberg? ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/16 "2024-03-03T00:21:27Z")
On Leap Day of this year, Little Orphan Annie appeared in Dick Tracy (which she now does, occasionally) and said, “Leapin’ Lizards!” I only just now realized the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/17 "2024-03-03T00:22:35Z")
(y’all think I come up with this crap all on my own?) ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/18 "2024-03-03T09:10:40Z")
If you think those poor New Zealanders had to suffer for a day…here’s a Doper with a real leap-day problem: > [@The most useless accessory in my car is now even more useless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-useless-accessory-in-my-car-is-now-even-more-useless/614612): > > My car has this date display which I think is the most completely useless accessory possible. It’s not part of the clock - the clock is part of the radio display. This date display is a separate LED display built into the plastic thing on the ceiling that the rear-view mirror hangs down from, which also has the sunroof controls and the compartment for my sunglasses. In fact, if it weren’t for me looking up to get my sunglasses, I’d probably forget the date thing was even there. It doesn’t even … It’s a wonderful -and neverending!- thread about the date display in his car. Beginning (but not ending!) on Feb 30 th. It gets really interesting after Feb 99th. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/19 "2024-03-03T09:18:03Z")
Wish I could have some leaping lizards right now. Especially the ones with non-detachable tails. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297/20 "2024-03-03T09:48:12Z")
When I was in my mid 20s, I dated a girl who was born on February 29th. Our friends kidded me about dating a six-year-old.